| 1977 | Chris McKenna, Queens, New York, actor, Joey-One Live to Live |
| 1975 | Rebeca Tamez, Miss Mexico Universe 1997 |
| 1973 | Demetrious Maxie, CFL defensive end for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1973 | John Baldwin, Jr., born in Dallas, Texas, figure skater, 1996 SW Pacific Sr champ |
| 1972 | Angie Marzetta, Norfolk Virginia, female outfielder, Silver Bullets |
| 1972 | James Stream Thurmond, Jr., son of U.S. senator Strom Thurmond |
| 1971 | Bob Whitfield, NFL tackle for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1971 | Emmett Waldron, WLAF linebacker for the Scottish Claymores |
| 1971 | Karen J McNenny, Missoula Montana, Miss Montana-America 1991 |
| 1971 | Tammy Harris, Williamstown, New York, Miss America-New York State 1997 |
| 1970 | Bob Kennedy, Bloomington Indiana, 5k runner |
| 1970 | Camille Spitaleri, born in Mountain View, California, female infielder, Silver Bullets |
| 1970 | Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles |
| 1970 | Shane Bonham, NFL defensive linesman, Detroit Lions |
| 1969 | Anthony Avent, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1968 | Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1987 Futures-GER |
| 1968 | Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star |
| 1968 | Narendra Hirwani, cricketer, Ind leggie 16 wickets vs. WI on debut 1988 |
| 1968 | Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 |
| 1967 | Gary John Anderson, Wanganui New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Alan Mills, Lakeland Florida, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles |
| 1966 | Angela Visser, born in Netherlands, Miss Universe, 1989 |
| 1966 | Jerod Swallow, Ann Arbor, Michigan, dance skater, & Punsalan-1997 Nationals |
| 1966 | Kristine Middeler, Felicity, Ohio, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1994 |
| 1965 | Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88 |
| 1964 | Etsuko Inoue, born in Japan, professional tennis player, first to win women's tennis competition at the Asian Games, 1982 |
| 1964 | George Ferris, cricketer, Leewards fast bowler |
| 1962 | Jody Anschutz, Minneapolis, LPGA golfer, 1987 du Maurier Ltd Classic |
| 1962 | Vincent Spano, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alphabet City, Maria's Lovers |
| 1961 | Eric Jespersen, Port Alberni BC, star yachter, Olympics-bronze-92, 96 |
| 1961 | Erin Moran, born in Burbank, California, actress, Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi |
| 1961 | Gladstone Small, cricketer, in Barbados England quickie with no neck |
| 1961 | Wynton Marsalis, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpeter, Grammy 1983 |
| 1961 | Rick Moody, American Novelist |
| 1960 | Doug Lidster, Kamloops, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers |
| 1960 | Emily Arth, Evanston, Illinois, playmate, Jun, 1988 |
| 1960 | Jean Claude Van Damme, Belgian Actor |
| 1958 | Hal Haenel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, star yachter, Olympics-8th-1988, 92, 96 |
| 1958 | Jim Talent, born in Des Peres, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1993 - 2001, Senator-R-Missouri 2002 - 2007 |
| 1958 | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brussels Belgium, actor, Kickboxer, No Retreat |
| 1958 | Kjell Samuelsson, Tyngsryd Swe, NHL defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1957 | Jon Lindstrom, Medford Ore, actor, Kevin Collins-General Hospital |
| 1956 | Martina Navratilova, Revnice Czechoslovakia, tennis, Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87 |
| 1956 | James Talent, born in Des Peres, Missouri, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Missouri, senior advisor to Mitt Romney's 2008 Presidential campaign |
| 1952 | Ketih Knudsen, Ames, Iowa, rocker, Doobie Brothers |
| 1952 | Roy Dias, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman |
| 1951 | Pam Dawber, Detroit, actress, Mindy-Mork and Mindy, My Sister Sam |
| 1951 | Terry McMillan, American Author |
| 1950 | Merry Martin, Camden, Michigan, actress, Leslie-Peter Loves Mary |
| 1950 | Pat Swindall, born in Gadsden, Alabama, Representative-R-Georgia 1985 - 1989 |
| 1950 | Sheila White, born in London, England, actress, I Claudius |
| 1950 | Wendy Wasserstein, American Playwright |
| 1949 | Gary Richrath, Peoria, Illinois, rock guitarist, REO Speedwagon |
| 1948 | Isabel E Allen, biostatician |
| 1947 | Joe Morton, New York City, actor, Hal-Grady, Abel Marsh-Another World |
| 1947 | John Johnson, NBA, Seattle SuperSonic |
| 1947 | Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer and songwriter, Eli's Coming, Stoney End |
| 1947 | Luc Journet, Belgian physician, Order of Zonnetempel |
| 1945 | Christopher Shays, born in Stamford, Connecticut, Representative-R-Connecticut 1987 - 2009 |
| 1944 | Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author, Deryni Rising, Saint Camber |
| 1943 | Russ Giguere, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rock guitarist and vocalist, Association |
| 1942 | Willie Horton, baseball slugger for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1940 | Cynthia Weil, American Musician |
| 1939 | Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin, John F. Kennedy |
| 1939 | Mike Ditka, coach/tight-end, Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961 |
| 1938 | Ronnie Bright, rocker, Coasters |
| 1938 | Dawn Wells, American Actress |
| 1935 | John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton |
| 1935 | Peter Boyle, Philadelphia, actor, Joe, Candidate, Everybody Loves Raymond |
| 1934 | Inger Stevens, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Katy-Farmer's Daughter |
| 1934 | Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman |
| 1934 | Chuck Swindoll, American Clergyman |
| 1933 | Forrest Gregg, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys |
| 1931 | Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Dutch Internal minister, 1989-94 |
| 1930 | Frank Carlucci, National Security Adviser and Secretary of Defense, 1987 - 1989 |
| 1929 | Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, president of Nicaragua, 1990- |
| 1928 | Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football |
| 1928 | R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer, century on Test debut for India |
| 1927 | Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's |
| 1926 | Chuck Berry, St. Louis, rocker, Roll over Beethoven |
| 1926 | George C Scott, Wise, Virginia, actor, Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore |
| 1926 | Klaus Kinski, Nikolas Naksynski, Poland, actor, Little Drummer Girl |
| 1926 | Thomas Millar, historian |
| 1925 | Melina Mercouri, Athens Greece, actress/politician, Never on a Sunday |
| 1925 | Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist, Heikrekels |
| 1924 | Allyn Ferguson, born in San Jose, California, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show |
| 1924 | Egil Hovland, composer |
| 1924 | Frank Liedel, Leo van Assche, Flemish writer, Kaperbrief |
| 1923 | Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter |
| 1922 | Camillo Togni, composer |
| 1922 | Little Orphan Annie, comic strip character |
| 1922 | Richard Stankiewicz, U.S. sculptor, 1974 Akston Award, 1966 Brandeis |
| 1921 | Jesse Helms, born in North Carolina, United States Senator from North Carolina |
| 1920 | Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress, Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day |
| 1919 | Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian PM, 1968-79, 1980-84 |
| 1918 | Bobby Troup, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pianist/actor, Emergency, Acapulco |
| 1918 | James Cameron Tudor, politician |
| 1918 | Konstantinos Mitsottakis, premier of Greece, 1990- |
| 1918 | Willem J "Molly" Geertsema, Dutch liberal/interior minister |
| 1916 | Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire |
| 1915 | Victor Sen Yung, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family |
| 1910 | Albertus "Bert" Botterman, actor, Bridge Too Far |
| 1910 | Vojislav Vuckovic, composer |
| 1907 | Alexander Hardie Williamson, artist |
| 1906 | James Brooks, U.S. mural painter, Acquisition of Long Island |
| 1906 | Sidney Kiescher Kingslei, playwright |
| 1905 | Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory coast, 1960-93 |
| 1904 | A. J. Liebling, born in New York City, New York, American journalist and writer |
| 1903 | Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist |
| 1903 | Emile Enthoven, composer |
| 1902 | Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge Georgia, actress, Becky Sharp, These Three |
| 1901 | Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer |
| 1898 | George Cuzon, Amersham England, actor, Hooded Terror |
| 1898 | Lotte Lenya, Vienna Austria, actor/singer, Appointment, Semi-Tough |
| 1898 | Raymond Glenn, Frankfort, Kentucky, actor, Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones |
| 1898 | Shin'ichi Suzuki, composer |
| 1895 | Raymond Brulez, Flemish author, Appearance at Kallista |
| 1894 | Tibor Dery, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, wrote satire on Hungarian communist regime, primary work, 'The Unfinished Sentence' |
| 1893 | Roy Del Ruth, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show |
| 1893 | Sidney Holland, New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949 - 1957 |
| 1892 | Leo G Carroll, Weedon England, actor, Topper, Man From Uncle |
| 1891 | Vaclav Kalik, composer |
| 1890 | [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author, Rembrandt |
| 1889 | Fannie Hurst, novelist, Anatomy of Me |
| 1879 | Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer |
| 1878 | James Truslow Adams, historian, Pul-1921, Founding of New England |
| 1877 | Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society |
| 1875 | James E K Aggrey, Ghana, U.S. theologian/educationalist |
| 1875 | Len Braund, cricketer, great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08 |
| 1872 | Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun |
| 1871 | Louis de Vries, Dutch actor, Ghetto |
| 1859 | Henri Bergson, France, philosopher, Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927 |
| 1854 | Bill Murdoch, cricketer, great pioneer of Australian Test cricket |
| 1854 | Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer |
| 1850 | Francis Thome, composer |
| 1848 | Candy Cummings, American Athlete |
| 1844 | Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer |
| 1839 | Thomas Reed, American Politician |
| 1837 | Friedrich W. Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter |
| 1833 | Johannes Habert, composer |
| 1831 | Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia |
| 1830 | Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer |
| 1829 | Charles Sidney Winder, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1829 | Lucius Marshall Walker, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1824 | Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Spanish author, Pepita Jimenez |
| 1818 | Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1818 | Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author, Gloria e Martirio |
| 1811 | Hugh Thompson Reid, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1806 | John Breckinridge Grayson, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1804 | Rama IV, Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua, king of Thailand, 1851-68 |
| 1800 | Henry Taylor, English Dramatist |
| 1794 | Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer |
| 1789 | Giovanni Tadolini, composer |
| 1785 | Thomas Love Peacock, English author, Headlong Hall |
| 1777 | Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet, Penthesilea |
| 1774 | Adolfs Muller, writer |
| 1753 | Jean J R de Cambacere, French lawyer/minister of justice |
| 1712 | Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Governor-General of Dutch Indies, 1775-77 |
| 1706 | Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer, opera's buffa |
| 1697 | Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter, Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal |
| 1668 | Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony, 1691-94 |
| 1668 | Wierich PL earl von Daun, Austrian prince of Thiano/Field Marshall |
| 1663 | Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye/land guardian of Austria-Netherlands |
| 1662 | Matthew Henry, English Clergyman |
| 1638 | Lars Johnstown, Swedish poet |
| 1611 | Valentin Strobel, composer |
| 1547 | Justus Lipsius, Joost Lips, Dutch classic philologist/historian |
| 1405 | Pius II, Aenea S Piccolomini, Italian pope, 1458-64, Cynthia |
| 1239 | Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary, 1270-72 |
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